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Hi dear colleagues, I´m a Belgian teacher who has been teaching English since 1999 and only recently have I discovered this website! Where had I been? ;) Well, making all my own materials that I will be posting every now and then. I hope you will enjoy it. My students (grade 4, which are 15/16-year-olds) are of an upper-intermediate level.

Listening Comprehension: Top 10 laws the queen does not need to follow. (with key)
This listening comprehension was my students´ exam this year. Daniela gave me the idea with her worksheet using the same link. I have 20 true-false statements based upon the youtube-video by Rebecca Felgate. She brings the video in an enthusiastic way that is very much appreciated by youngsters. The recent issue with Sadiq Khan and Trump is also in...
Level: intermediateAge: 14-100Type: othersDownloads: 56

There´s music in idioms... or vice versa?
This is a short reading I wrote myself which has loads of idioms in it. In class, I made it a game. I read the text twice and students had to write down all the idioms they could hear. We then went over them all together and they tried to explain them from the context. The student who had found most, had won of course. All the explanations are unde...
Level: advancedAge: 14-100Type: readingDownloads: 50

List of great literature for teenagers. Includes blurbs (mix of 24 classics and contemporary novels).
I´ve spent many hours searching the internet for excellent readers for my grade 10-students (age 15 - 17). What I have eventually come up with is a list of 24 novels (both classics and modern literature). The aim is that my students give me their top 3. My task is then to put the students together in readers´ groups according to the book they like ...
Level: intermediateAge: 14-100Type: readingDownloads: 47

The Facebook Murder (recent August 2012)
This is the reading comprehension I have used for the X-mas exam of my students. The article it is based upon comes from the Daily News online (August 24 2012) It includes some vocabulary, true/false questions and multiple choice questions. The text is a very recent one and not all that difficult. The questions are a little bit tricky at times... T...
Level: intermediateAge: 14-17Type: ChooseDownloads: 43

Irregular verbs part 2 (memory cards)
My students have to know about 160 irregular verbs. To make it easier for them to study, I have split up the whole list in 6 parts (each of about 27 verbs). Each part is copied on a different colour (heavy) paper so that studying is made easier. Students are supposed to cut out the flashcards and keep them in a little box. One side has the translat...
Level: intermediateAge: 10-100Type: flash-cardDownloads: 42

Irregular verbs part 3 (memory cards)
My students have to know about 160 irregular verbs. To make it easier for them to study, I have split up the whole list in 6 parts (each of about 27 verbs). Each part is copied on a different colour (heavy) paper so that studying is made easier. Students are supposed to cut out the flashcards and keep them in a little box. One side has the translat...
Level: intermediateAge: 10-100Type: flash-cardDownloads: 38

Irregular verbs part 4 (memory cards)
My students have to know about 160 irregular verbs. To make it easier for them to study, I have split up the whole list in 6 parts (each of about 27 verbs). Each part is copied on a different colour (heavy) paper so that studying is made easier. Students are supposed to cut out the flashcards and keep them in a little box. One side has the translat...
Level: intermediateAge: 8-100Type: flash-cardDownloads: 35

20 songs with conditionals in one youtube-clip
As an introduction, I hand out the first sheet of paper (recto/verso) and let my students match both halves of the conditionals. At this stage they think they´re doing some kind of music quiz :D I let them work in pairs to do so. By means of correction, I let them listen to the film I made myself and which can be found on youtube https://youtu.be/...
Level: intermediateAge: 14-100Type: worksheetDownloads: 34

Classic and contemporary young adult literature list with blurbs. Updated.
Last year I posted a list of classic and contemporary novels of which my students could choose a book. The blurbs helped them make up their minds and gave some insight. Today´s list is updated. Some books have been removed but more have been added. All books have a minimum of 4 stars on goodreads.com (apart from a few exceptions, but those are real...
Level: intermediateAge: 14-100Type: readingDownloads: 33

Irregular verbs part 1 (memory cards)
My students have to know about 160 irregular verbs. To make it easier for them to study, I have split up the whole list in 6 parts (each of about 27 verbs). Each part is copied on a different colour (heavy) paper so that studying is made easier. Students are supposed to cut out the flashcards and keep them in a little box. One side has the translat...
Level: intermediateAge: 12-100Type: flash-cardDownloads: 30